DEVELOPING FRENCH READING E-BOOK BY Documents authentiques MODEL

This research and development aimed to design an interactive French e-book learning resource for learning of reading réception écrite avancée to meet the purpose of implementing the Independent Learning – Independent Campus (Merdeka Belajar – Kampus Merdeka) curriculum. This French E-book development research applied the research and development design by Borg and Gall through five stages: (1) analysis, (2) design, (3) development, (4) implementation, and (5) evaluation. The e-book Learning resources for teaching réception écrite avancée were able to be installed into laptops and mobile phones for online or offline practices. The provided text-based teaching materials based on understandable documents authentiques developed in accordance to the French language teaching and learning guidance-plan through themes about faits divers, annonces, contes, santé, bande dessinée, video clip de chanson and achats which supported through videos, quizzes, animated pictures, exercises to strengthen vocabulary grammar and French pronunciation practices. The e-book was designed by utilizing a Flip PDF Professional application supported by the Canva and the narrator’s voice application. The questionnaire for collecting the need analysis of the students was by employing Google form for 20 students of the French Education study program. The e-book feasibility for obtaining data was through validation instruments and questionnaires. The validation results by material experts obtained in stages 1 and 2 were on the average value of 91.67% as a mean of very good. The validation results by media experts obtained in stages 1 and 2 were on the average value of 90% and translated as very good. The results of student responses to the development of e-books obtained on the average score of 90,62% and students’ reading test results gained a score of 82.04% including pretest results 65.75% which showcased significant progress in student learning outcomes after using e-book learning resources. Therefore, this research on the development of the French e-book to teach reading in REA was concluded to be valid and met the criteria in terms of content and development. The results also showed that it was suitable to be applied in the REA learning program.